Dear Editor
I am a concerned citizen who lives in Burnaby, and lately I have heard and seen vagrants digging through the bins and trash cans that are left on the street for recycling.
First of all they make a lot of noise under our windows, as they do their scrounging around 3 a.m. when they think no one will see or hear them. Most of them leave garbage strewn on the street after they have loaded their bags with the bottles from the recycle bins, which is an unsightly mess in the morning. Who is going to clean up the street after them?
I am quite sure that the recycle trucks don’t have time to stop and put dumped out garbage back into a bin, and why should I have to touch it and pick up dirty garbage on my way to work when I am clean and need to catch my bus? Because I care what our streets look like and no one should have to hear them or pick up after them either.
Linda Zayac, Burnaby
